Improvement in shoulder-braces



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALEXANDER ADAMsoN,

OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF ooLUMBIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN SHOULDER-BRACES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. l92,l06, dated June 19,1877; application filed July 6,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER ADAM- soN, of the city of Washington, inthe county of Washington and District of Columbia, have invented anImprovement in Braces or Suspenders; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

This invention has for its object the improvement of the combinedsuspenders and braces for which Letters Patent were granted to me March7, 1876, and numbered 174,459.

The nature of my present invention consists in combining with thefigure-of-eight braces the front intermediate suspenderstraps, which arenot only adjustable on the brace-straps, but which are readilydetachable therefrom, and also detachably and adjustably applied to thetags, as will be hereinafter described.

In the combined suspenders and braces of my patent No. 174,459 theelastic front suspender-straps are attached permanently to the frontportions of the braces, and are not desirable when the braces alone areused, but are in the way. I have therefore provided for detaching thesaid straps from the braces at pleasure, as will be hereinafter shown.

In the annexed drawings I have represented the braces made of-a singlepiece of webbing, arranged so as to slidethrough a back buckle, A, andto form a back strap, a, two shoulderstraps, b b, and two free ends orback suspender-straps, c 0, provided with button-hole tags 0 c. Thisforms the combined shoulderbraces and back suspender-straps described inmy patent.

B B designate slides, which are respectively formed of one piece, andconstructed to receive, through slots made in them, the front portionsof the shoulder-braces, on which the said slides can be adjusted, forthe purpose of allowing suspender-straps G O to draw. in directionswhich will 'be comfortable to the wearer.

The lower portions of the slides B B are per 'orated to receivecast-ofl' hooks e 6 formed on plates which are attached to the straps O.I am thus able to detach the elastic front straps C C from the braceswhen itis not desired to use these straps.

The lower ends of the suspender-straps O O are attached to buckles E E,and the bottomhole tags F Fare attached to these buckles by cast-offhooks ff and rings 9 g.

I do not claim, under this application, the figure-of-eight bracesbefore referred to, nor do I claim, separately considered, the cast-ofl'hooks but I do claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Paten t-The combination and arrangement of the detachable elastic frontintermediate suspender-straps O 0, their slides B B, and cast-off hookse c, with the front shoulder portions of the braces, substantially asshown and described. A A

In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name this 8th day of June,1876.

ALEXANDER ADAMSON

